Combined coat and muffler



I L. BUCHALTER COMBINED COAT AND MUFFLE;

Filed March 28, 1924 WITNESSES! I mum/10R, m U, Zom @uehali'er By day/15x45; M I ATTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 12, 1924.

LOUIS BUGHALTFR, OF NEW YORK,-N. Y.

comnmnn COAT AND MUFFLER.

Application filed March 28, 1924. Serial No. 702,675.

' tion.

This invention relates to wearing apparel and particularly to an improved combine coat and mufiler and has for an object to provide *a construction which will give the usual appearance both inside and out of an overcoat while presenting means which may be readily adjusted to act'as a mufiler.

Another object of the invention is toprovide an overcoat in which the inturned front edge of the overcoat is so formed as to present means which will act as a muflier at one time and act merely as a continuation of the inturned edge of the overcoat at. another time.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of an .overcoat embodying the invention, the same being shown on .a figure and illustrating how the mufiler section." may be used.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but with the coat removed from the figure.

Figure 3 is a fra entary interior view of the upper part 0 the overcoat shown in Figure 2, the same being spread out and with the mufller sections in their folded or inoperative position.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side view of the overcoat shown in Figure 2, showing in dotted lines the location of part of the muffler.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view through Figure 4, approximately on line 5 Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a coat which may be an ordinary street coat or an overcoat as preferred, though usually applied to an overcoat. the usual structure except that the inturned edge 2 which is usually on overcoats, is prefera ly inturned an appreciable distance and extended upwardly toward'the neck 3 further than usual where it is cut at the line land the edges 5 and 6 hemmed or otherwise bound. Preferably, turned in slightly and stitched down while the edgefi is bound with The coat 1 is of the invention is.

the lapel openings in the edge 6 is 'understood from Figs.

some form of binding similar to the lining 7. By cutting the edge 2 along the line 4, a flap or mufiier section 8 is produced which is preferably formed with a rounded recess or notch 9 and, consequently, with an upwardly extending restricted portion 10. As shown in Figure 3, a mufiler section is arranged on each side of the overcoat so that the'description of one willapply to both.

The rounded notch 9 and extension'lO are provided so that when the coat is in use and the mufiler is pulled across the chest, these portions will cause the mufller to fit snugly around the neck as clearly indicated in Figure 1. If desired, a snap fastener or other securing means 11 may be provided on each of the muflier sections 8 to prevent independent movement thereof until desired. Also from Figure 5, it will be noted that the lining 7 extends to the line 12 and back to the inner edge of the section 8 so as to produce a finished appearance interiorly thereof in the same manner that the lining 7 produces a finished appearance to the interior of the coat. It will be noted that there is no extra piece stitched onto the coat but that the inturned ed e 2 is extended upwardly further than usua in coats and severed along the line 4 -to produce the desired muflier sections which are constructed to accomplish the desired purpose in the most efiicient manner as just set forth.

When it is desired to use the overcoat without using the mufiier, the same is left flatwise against the lining 7 as shown in Figures 3' and 4 where it merely acts as an extension of the inturned edge 2 .and will not-present an objectionable a pearance nor, will it present any objectionable thickness.

.When it is desired to use the muflier, the overcoat is ut-on in the usual manner but before it is I uttoned up the sn' 11, if they are used, are unfastened and the mufiler swung out which the coat is buttoned up and the muffler sections arran r substantially as shown in Figure'l. In t e manufacture of my improved garment by; making the mufiler sections integral wit upper ends of the latter and making such extensions identical in form and size and laterally of a length less than-the width of 1 and 3 of the drawing, I am able to economize'in to an outer position after the facings at the the coat as will be ap fasteners no. V the lay-out and 'manufac'ture of the garments asvco m pared for instance to a garment wherein a mufiler section -might be formed on one facing of a sufficient lateral width or length to close the entire lapel opening, to a considereble extent.

What I claim is:

A coat having both of its inner front facin s provided at their edges remote from the e ges of the coat with integral extensions at the upper ends of the facings, said extensions being identical in form and. size and laterally of a length less than U11: lull! of the lapel opening in the coat when closed whereby both saidfacing extensions at the upper ends of the facings may be combined to form a mulfier to close the lapel opening of the coat when the coat is buttoned and such extensions are adjusted for useas mm" fier sections as and for the purposes set forth.

LOUIS BUCHALTER. 

